Arctera InfoScale Availability 9.0 for UNIX/Linux: Administration

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 01 High Availability Concepts

• High Availability Concepts
• Clustering Concepts
• High Availability Applications
• Clustering Prerequisites

Labs: Introduction

• Exercise A: Viewing Virtual Machine Configuration Details
• Exercise B: Verifying Network Connectivity

Labs: Installation of InfoScale Storage

• Exercise A: Performing a CPI Pre-installation Verification
• Exercise B: Performing a SORT Pre-installation Verification
• Exercise C: (Optional) Visualizing InfoScale Information in AI Browser

MODULE 02 Installing and Licensing InfoScale

• Introducing the Arctera InfoScale Product Suite
• Tools for Installing InfoScale Products
• InfoScale Cloud Offerings
• Installing Arctera InfoScale Storage
• Installing Arctera InfoScale Availability
• Upgrading Arctera InfoScale Enterprise

Labs:

• Exercise A: Installing InfoScale Enterprise Using the Common Product Installer (CPI)
• Exercise B: Running a Post-installation Check
• Exercise C: Adding Managed Hosts to the IOM Management Server

MODULE 03 VCS Building Blocks

• VCS Terminology
• Cluster Communication
• VCS Architecture
• Multi-version Cluster
• InfoScale Operations Manager (IOM): Overview

Labs:

• Exercise A: Working with the IOM GUI Dashboard and Inventory Information
• Exercise B: Exploring the IOM GUI License Options
• Exercise C: Working with the IOM GUI Settings Option

MODULE 04 VCS Operations

• Common VCS Tools and Operations
• Service Group Operations
• Resource Operations
• VCS Custom Scripts: Operations

Labs:

• Exercise A: Displaying Cluster Information
• Exercise B: Displaying Status and Attributes
• Exercise C: Performing Service Group Operations
• Exercise D: Manipulating Resources

MODULE 05 VCS Configuration Methods

• Starting and Stopping VCS
• Configuration Methods: Overview
• Online Configuration
• Controlling Access to VCS
• VCS Password Encryption

Labs:

• Exercise A: VCS Configuring the State and Stopping VCS
• Exercise B: Configuring Automatic Backup of VCS Configuration
• Exercise C: Setting Non-default VCS Stop Options

MODULE 06 Preparing Services for VCS

• Preparing Applications for VCS
• Performing One-time Configuration Tasks
• Testing the Application Service
• Stopping and Migrating a Service
• Collecting Configuration Information

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring and Examining Storage for a Service
• Exercise B: Examining the Application
• Exercise C: Manually Starting and Stopping the Application

MODULE 07 Online Configuration

• Online Service Group Configuration
• Adding Resources
• Solving Common Configuration Errors
• Testing the Service Group

Labs:

• Exercise A: Creating a Service Group for the Loopy Application
• Exercise B: Configuring Resources for the Loopy Application
• Exercise C: Performing a Virtual Fire Drill (VFD) on the Service Group
• Exercise D: Testing the Service Group
• Exercise E: Setting Resources to Critical
• Exercise F: (Optional) Examining Arctera File System Locking by VCS

MODULE 08 Offline Configuration

• Offline Configuration Examples
• Offline Configuration Procedures
• Solving Offline Configuration Problems
• Testing the Service Group

Labs:

• Exercise A: Editing a Copy of the main.cf File Using a System Editor
• Exercise B: Stopping VCS
• Exercise C: Restarting VCS Using the Edited main.cf File

MODULE 09 Configuring Notification

• Notification: Overview
• Configuring Notification
• Triggers: Overview

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring and Testing Notifier Using IOM
• Exercise B: Configuring Trigger Scripts

MODULE 10 Handling Resource Faults

• VCS Response to Resource Faults
• Determining Failover Duration
• Controlling Fault Behavior
• Recovering from Resource Faults
• Fault Notification and Event Handling

Labs:

• Exercise A: Observing Non-Critical Resource Faults
• Exercise B: Observing Critical Resource Faults
• Exercise C: (Optional) Observing Faults in Frozen Service Groups
• Exercise D: (Optional) Observing ManageFaults Behavior
• Exercise E: (Optional) Observing RestartLimit Behavior

MODULE 11 Intelligent Monitoring Framework

• Intelligent Monitoring Framework: Overview
• Intelligent Monitoring Framework: Configuration
• Faults and Failover with Intelligent Monitoring

Labs:

• Exercise A: Examining IMF Monitoring on a Resource
• Exercise B: (Optional) Examining IMF Default Configuration

MODULE 12 Cluster Communications

• VCS Communications: Overview
• Cluster Interconnect Configuration
• Cluster Startup
• System and Cluster Interconnect Failure
• Changing the Interconnect Configuration

Labs:

• Exercise A: Reconfiguring LLT
• Exercise B: Observing Jeopardy Membership

MODULE 13 Clustering Applications

• Application Service: Overview
• Manage Applications Using VCS Agents
• Working with the Application Agent
• IMF Support and Prevention of Concurrency Violation

Labs:

• Exercise A: Adding a Resource of Type Application
• Exercise B: Testing the Resource
• Exercise C: IMF and Application Agent Monitoring Options

MODULE 14 Clustering Databases

• VCS Database Agents
• Database Preparation
• Database Agent For Oracle
• Database Failover Behavior
• Additional Oracle Agent Functions

Labs:

• Exercise A: Verifying the Oracle Configuration
• Exercise B: Preparing Storage and Network Resources for the Oracle Service Group
• Exercise C: Testing the Oracle Database Manually
• Exercise D: Configuring Oracle Under VCS Control
• Exercise E: Running a Virtual Fire Drill and Switching the Oracle Service Group
• Exercise F: (Optional) Oracle Monitoring

MODULE 15 InfoScale Support for Cloud Environments

• InfoScale Solutions for Cloud Environments
• InfoScale Support for Kubernetes on Linux
• Preparing for InfoScale Installations in Cloud Environments
• Configuration for Cloud Environments
• Migration Support for AWS
• Application Mobility Overview
• Troubleshooting Issues in Cloud Environment

Labs:

• Exercise A: Configuring REST API Server
• Exercise B: Verifying S3 Server Details
• Exercise C: Creating InfoScale Storage Support for S3 Connector
• Exercise D: Using IOM Deploy Application Migration and Storage Migrations Add-Ons
• Exercise E: Adding IOM Management Server in the Global Reports Perspective
• Exercise F: Generating IOM Reports

MODULE 16 Using I/O Fencing for Application Data Integrity

• Data Protection Requirements
• I/O Fencing Concepts
• I/O Fencing Operations
• I/O Fencing Implementation
• Fencing Configuration

Labs:

• Exercise A: Fencing Configuration Pre-Checks
• Exercise B: Configuring VCS for IO Fencing
• Exercise C: IO Fencing Configuration Verification
• Exercise D: Verifying Data Disks for IO Fencing
• Exercise E: Testing Protection from Data Corruption
• Exercise F: Observing Response to System FaultExercise G: Observing Response to Interconnect Failur

MODULE 17 Implementing Coordination Point

• Coordination Point Concepts
• Server-based Fencing Architecture
• CPS Operations
• Installing and Configuring a CP Server
• Configuring I/O Fencing with CPS
• Coordination Point Agent

Labs:

A: Configuring a Single-node Coordination Point Server

• Exercise A: Installing a Single-node VCS Cluster
• Exercise B: Configuring a Single-node CP ServerExercise C: Verifying the CP Server Configuration
• Exercise D: Configuring for IO Fencing with a CP Server
• Exercise E: Testing CP Server Communication Failure
• Exercise F: Testing CP Server Caching
• Exercise G: Restoring the Original Configuration

Labs:

B: (Optional): Configuring Coordination Point Server on a VCS Cluster

• Exercise A: Configuring a CP Server on a VCS Cluster
• Exercise B: Verifying the Clustered CP Server Configuration
• Exercise C: Modifying the Fencing Configuration on the ApplicatioCluster
• Exercise D: Testing CP Server Failover and Communicatioailure
• Exercise E: Restoring the Original Configuration

MODULE 18 Administering Fencing Configurations

• Installing and Configuring Clustered CP Servers
• Administering CPS
• Administering Disk-based I/O Fencing
• Configuring Preferred Fencing

Labs:

• Exercise A: Enabling Preferred Fencing for System-based Race Policy
• Exercise B: Testing Interconnect Failure with System-based Preferred Fencing
• Exercise C: Enabling Preferred Fencing for Group-based Race Policy
• Exercise D: Testing Interconnect Failure with Group-based Preferred Fencing
• Exercise E: Disabling Preferred Fencing Policies